Botswana President Ian Khama will meet with President Obama on Thursday.
"The two leaders are expected to discuss such issues as sound governance, economic development and the sustainable management of natural resources," a statement from the OP said on Monday evening. It added that HIV/AIDS will also form part of discussions between the two leaders.
The White House has described Botswana as a strong democratic partner in sub-Saharan Africa and a leader on the African continent in the field of conservation and HIV/Aids prevention and treatment.
Hopefully, they will focus on how Botswana transitioned from a very poor country to a relatively wealthy one so as to improve the development prospects of other African nations rather than the other issues. That is, stress the sources of sound governance in sub-Saharan Africa (here is my take). The “success” on HIV/AIDS prevention is debatable and conservation is not exactly a priority for many in the developing world- it is more of a developed world issue. They seem off point for a region that has yet to sustain economic growth for decades.
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